After a life sentence has been served, what does Eminem have to show for it? Recovery, where he explodes up and out of a drug, death and food induced ditch that he dug himself. He overpasses Lil Wayne who “fucked the world” and takes it to another level by pulling “his dick from the dirt and fuck(ing) the whole universe.” After going through his ultimate separation from his wife, a friends death, and a drug problem Eminem went to rehab and exits a new man, but accompanying him is an urning to build his throne back up with the momentum of this album and inertia that follows, without allowing any force to stop him.
Eminem returns and grabs the unmentionables of the “rap game” then clobbers them with a hammer, with a warning being sent out that if any potential enemies get in his way, the same fate awaits. He used Mariah Carry as an example (refer to Obsessed by Mariah Carey and Eminem’s The Warning) and then continues his bravado.
The general feel of the album is that, like the Terminator, he is back and ready to take anything on. A few curveballs are thrown toward the audience though, as a serious tone daunts down occasionally. There are various tone changes within the album, which might be a representation of his actual emotional changes throughout his transformation. Going Through Changes is a remarkable song that takes a sample of a Ozzy Osbourn song with calm beat over it and a subtle guitar or music box melody that sets a sorrowful mood. This happens while the lyrics of lament plays the strings of one’s emotion with results of poignance. The use of a little girls voice really exacerbates this feeling at a prime moment.
Another mentionable song has to be No Love, where Eminem features Lil Wayne but seems to be in his own world. He vocalizes “Look at these rappers, ow I treat them so why the fuck would I join them, when I beat them” in a derisible way, yet he is working with Wayne. At other points in Recovery there are surreptitious jabs at Lil Wayne.
In additional Eminem takes all the criticism he received quite well. He admits that the preceding 2 albums (Relapse and Encore) were abject and keeps reenforcing the fact that he feels he let his fans down.
Eminem blasts out of the art port, refurbished and with enough fuel to travel around the world once again (he was award platinum albums in multiple countries) as he spits seemingly inextricable multiplexed verses and rhymes that no rapper can compare to, while making more references then a ostentatious critic on steroids. Eminem keeps each individual flowing like an arrow through the sky, however the overall compilation of songs are a bit turbulent. The beats and over voices really embellish upon his lyrics but in most cases there is so much lyrical geniuses that the actual music is overlooked. The composition of the fresh out rehab album has me looking forward to his future CDs. By the way a life sentence usually ends after 25 years but with parol. Just about how long he has been rapping.
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